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Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 263: E226-E230, 1992;
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AJP - Endocrinology and Metabolism, Vol 263, Issue 2 E226-E230, Copyright © 1992 by American Physiological Society

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Electrical pacing induces adenylyl cyclase in skeletal muscle independent of the beta-adrenergic receptor

W. E. Kraus, J. P. Longabaugh and S. B. Liggett
Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina 27710.

Continuous electrical pacing (EP) at 10 Hz of the peroneal nerve innervating fast-twitch muscles of the hindlimb in adult rabbits increases skeletal muscle concentrations of adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) by 3.1-fold at 10 days and increases beta-adrenergic receptor (beta-AR) density by 2.0-fold at 21 days. To determine whether beta-AR, the alpha-subunit of guanine nucleotide proteins (Gs alpha), or adenylyl cyclase is primarily responsible for pacing-induced increases in muscle cAMP, we measured adenylyl cyclase activity (ACA) in muscles that were electrically paced for 3 (n = 4), 10 (n = 8), and 21 (n = 8) days. EP resulted in a time-dependent increase in ACA that was 2.2 +/- 0.3-fold (P less than 0.005) at 21 days. EP significantly increased GTP-, 5'-guanylylimidodiphosphate-, isoproterenol-, NaF-, and forskolin-stimulated ACA, and propranolol administration to rabbits during EP did not alter pacing-induced changes in ACA. There were no changes in protein concentration, Na(+)-K(+)-adenosinetriphosphatase activity, or Gs alpha with EP. Based on these studies, we conclude that EP appears to increase cAMP through mechanisms independent of the beta-AR and through mechanisms that may involve alterations at the level of adenylyl cyclase.


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